Hi ACM Blog readers!
I’m Melody, a summer intern here at the museum, helping out with our archival projects, as well as with the Story Time library.
Each day before Story Time, our readers choose a few great stories from a whole collection of books here at the museum. Sometimes, the books can get a little messy and hard to find.
Photo by Prio on Flickr
That’s why this summer, I have been finding new ways to organize them and clean the shelves up a bit!
In the Story Time Library, I have been using some fun, new colorful labels to help people find books that fall under certain topics. Each color stands for a different topic: Green = Environment, Blue = Ocean, Orange = Mammals, Red = Food, etc. If one day, a Story Time reader wants books about dogs, cats, and pizza, he or she can just look through the books labeled with an orange and/or red sticker! Easy, right?
There are lots of great ways to group together similar things, not just for your books.
Activity: Organizing Time!
Try going through your bedroom or playroom to organize things like:
- Clothes
- Toys
- School/art supplies
- DVDs
- Video games
Find a creative and fun way to group them together, so that they will be easier for you to find later on! Maybe you can organize your movies and games alphabetically and your clothes by color and style. You could label different tubs or boxes with the words “Pens”, “Pencils”, “Markers”, and “Crayons”, so that your school and art supplies will stay where they are supposed to.
Any way you do it, make sure it helps you stay clean and organized!
Photo by jenni waterloo on Flickr
Group things by color!
Photo by matthew_moss on Flickr
Organize office supplies!
Dear Melody,
Do you make house calls?